Category: Farm-to-Fork News
UK: Positive response from government to slaughter petition
The e-petition is one of the fastest growing petitions on the HM Government website and reached 50,000 signatures in just two weeks.
Opinion: The Muslim Pound
Evan Davis, Radio 4, talks to entrepreneurs who work with Muslim consumers and asks them how much can established companies learn from them.
A Muslim Entrepreneur Follows a Kosher Model to Mainstream Success
As Ramadan approaches Saffron Road has put out more than 50 different products and built annual sales on a pace to reach $35 million.
Opinion: Politics of religious animal slaughter
We are on the cusp of convergence on livestock treatment, prayer, slaughter, and traceability. Where is the dividing difference?
Malaysia: JAKIM Employs Stringent Procedure In Determining Halal Status
Only the findings of the Chemistry Department could be taken into consideration as only the department has the expertise to conduct highly specialised tests.
Opinion: Competing halal standards leave food industry with indigestion
Big food firms have been ramping up their investment and expertise in halal, eyeing a fast-growing Muslim population that is forecast to add a billion people by 2050.
UAE: Global demand for halal food boosts Al Islami’s growth
Company on track to complete new factory in early 2015 and triple production of processed foods.
UAE: Boost for Dubai’s Islamic industry
DIEDC, held a meeting to review the initiatives of government departments towards achieving Dubai’s status as the capital of Islamic economy.
Opinion: Blatant cruelty perpetrated on animals in the UK
HAB calls on BVA to explain why they continuously attack Muslim & Jewish slaughter methods with other blatant cruelty being done to animals in the UK.
New Zealand-GCC free trade deal likely soon
Optimism regarding the signing of a comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) that will lower trade barriers between Saudi Arabia and other GCC countries.
Pakistan: OIC-SMIIC – World Halal Assembly
World Halal Assembly was jointly organized by Halal Products & Services Association of Pakistan and Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority duly supported by SMIIC.
Malaysia: Cadbury is Halal confirmed by Jakim
CADBURY Malaysia received its halal certification back yesterday after laboratory test results confirmed its chocolates are free from porcine DNA.
Malaysia seeks to expand halal food industry to Turkmenistan
This is among the areas that Malaysia seeks to diversify in enhancing relations between both countries.
Canada: Muslim community cracking down on fake Halal foods
Canada’s growing Halal food industry has made it an attractive target for fraud – something that leaders in Canada’s Muslim community hope to end.
UAE: Dubai reference point for Islamic economy-DIEDC CEO
The goal of the Dubai Islamic Economy Development Center (DIEDC) is to make Dubai a reference point for the Islamic economy, said Abdulla AlAwar, the center’s CEO.
Thailand: Thai Airways caters to Pakistan’s needs
Thai Airways, one of the largest airlines in the world, becomes the first Asia-Pacific carrier to offer halal food to all passengers flying to and from Pakistan.
Kuwait: The Conference on the Halal Industry concludes
The conference concluded by honoring Dr Hani Al-Mazeedi with title of Halal Ambassador for his commitment and passion in developing the halal industry.
Malaysia: 2 Cadbury chocolate products officially ‘not halal’ for now
It was reported that Cadbury Malaysia has taken immediate action by recalling its two products which were tested positive for traces of pig DNA (porcine).
UK: Defra delay stun legislation for poultry
After a judicial review was launched on behalf of over 20 abattoir operators, implementation of an EU regulation requiring increased currents is under further consideration.
Malaysian Halal food companies feed Muslims’ taste for travel
In the last few years, growing middle-class wealth has spawned a new genre of Muslim travelers who pursue leisurely escapes to atypical destinations.
